and I run our own companies which means
that sometimes we have to work at home—by
building the office on the loft level we create a
subtle but important separation between our
family and work lives.”
The materials chosen for the project also
revolved around the lifestyle of the busy
young family. “Building a nice home with
nice materials is difficult with small kids who
certainly do not value the clean and tidy home
that Anna Laura likes to keep,” said Hocking.
The designer chose high-gloss cabinets, white
quartz countertops and glass-fronted appli-
ances in the kitchen for easy clean-up of messy
handprints and installed durable flamed black
granite flooring in the public spaces and wire-
brushed oak wood flooring in the bedrooms.
“We used only two flooring materials through-
out the house,” he continued. “This simplicity
Light floods into the spacious master bed-
room from the west-facing glass wall through
to the sunken master bath at the other end.
Featuring an original barrel-vaulted water tank
cleverly converted into a “bathing room” with
an open shower and sunken tub, the room is
as fascinating as it is functional. “I have had a
thing for barrel-vaulted water tanks for some
time now as they are an interesting Bermu-
dian architectural form,” said Hocking. “The
water tank on this property actually belonged
to Glenola—the house to the south—which
was one of the first houses built on Pitt’s Bay
Road. I had tried to recreate residential spaces
in similar forms on other projects I have done
but this presented an opportunity to use an
authentic tank and I felt it would work well as
a bath and shower room.”
Clearly proud of his new home come
design showpiece, Hocking gives credit to the
construction crew who had to deal with his
challenging designs—and even more chal-
lenging demands. “I work with lots of skilled
contractors on various clients’ projects but
Steven Pacheco and several of his foremen
at SJ Construction made an extra effort to
work with me through my more complicated
designs,” he said. “It is difficult enough to work
with a designer on a client’s home—there must
have been an extra level of patience required to
All in all, after eight years of ideas and
multiple revisions to the plans, the designer
and his family are thrilled with the outcome.
“Anna Laura and I have been living in homes
that I have designed for myself for over 15
years,” said Hocking. “This was the first home
I had designed for my family and seeing how
much they enjoy living here is the best part.”
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